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Re: [Qemu-devel] [V6 PATCH] virtio-net: send gratuitous packets when nee
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Michael S. Tsirkin |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [V6 PATCH] virtio-net: send gratuitous packets when needed |
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Wed, 4 Apr 2012 10:51:37 +0300 |
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Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) |
On Tue, Apr 03, 2012 at 05:49:05PM -0400, David Miller wrote:
> From: Jason Wang <address@hidden>
> Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:44:28 +0800
>
> > As hypervior does not have the knowledge of guest network configuration,
> > it's
> > better to ask guest to send gratuitous packets when needed.
> >
> > Guest tests VIRTIO_NET_S_ANNOUNCE bit during config change interrupt and
> > when it
> > is set, a workqueue is scheduled to send gratuitous packet through
> > NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS. This feature is negotiated through bit
> > VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_ANNOUNCE.
> ...
> > Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <address@hidden>
>
> Michael and others, what's the story with this patch?
It's a new feature so it will be 3.5 material when it's ready.
Sent some comments for now.
Thanks,
MST
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